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Ford Family Letters Regarding Morgan's Raid

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Letter written during the Civil War - an
account of "Morgan's Raid" - written by
Aunt Emily Ford at Jackson, O.
Thursday morning
July 23 rd [superscript]
[1863]
Dear Brother:
Our mails have been very irreg-
ular the last week, and your letter was not
received till last evening. We would have
sent you a line, knowing you would be
anxious, but in the midst of so much ex-
citement, it seemed impossible to write.
Our mind and conversation has been
upon 'Morgan' ever since he entered Ohio but
we did not think he would come here, and
we were surprised when the train came
down at 4 o'clock Thursday, to hear, he
was this side of Piketon, bound for Jackson.
Of course we could do nothing in way of defence.
The stores were closed and such thing as could

Letter written during the Civil War - an
account of "Morgan's Raid" - written by
Aunt Emily Ford at Jackson, O.
Thursday morning
July 23 rd [superscript]
[1863]
Dear Brother:
Our mails have been very irreg-
ular the last week, and your letter was not
received till last evening. We would have
sent you a line, knowing you would be
anxious, but in the midst of so much ex-
citement, it seemed impossible to write.
Our mind and conversation has been
upon 'Morgan' ever since he entered Ohio but
we did not think he would come here, and
we were surprised when the train came
down at 4 o'clock Thursday, to hear, he
was this side of Piketon, bound for Jackson.
Of course we could do nothing in way of defence.
The stores were closed and such thing as could